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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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